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    Creative portfolios

    make it. The Maker Portfolio questionnaire The Maker Portfolio begins with a brief questionnaire about what you make, how you make, and why you ... the reviewer best equipped to take a first look at it. Project writeup
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    College access & advising programs

    The process of applying to college isn’t always straightforward (though we try to be as transparent as possible at MIT!) and it can take the ... application process, learning how to tell your story, and finding a school where
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Academic foundations

    such, it’s difficult for us to provide clear-cut rules that are useful ... recommend that you take [annotation note="We have found that it's possible to ... Baccalaureate— students may be limited on how many science courses they can take

  • Arts and music

    MIT Bhangra Visual art MIT student artists transformed a 200-foot-long
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    QuestBridge

    contribution. Visit the QuestBridge website for full eligibility criteria and how ... . Please see the Student Financial Services website for details on how to ... directions on how to submit their letter. Portfolios: You are also eligible
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For home educators

    [intro]MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of our community.[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants

  • Next steps

    [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place ... about what it’s like to be an MIT student? Send an email to askastudent
  • Help / Contact

    Via mail

    email. Plus it is green and doesn't kill trees! 🌲🌳🌴 ... related to an application—you can send it to: Massachusetts Institute of
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Eating at MIT

     approach to housing, we give our students options about where, how, and what to ... before but learn how, and others decide that cooking is something they will
  • Discover / About MIT

    A brief history of MIT

    and a practical education as fundamentally incompatible, its founders ... grant endowed MIT with the resources to construct its earliest academic ... .'](re)committed it[/annotation] to acting in the public interest in perpetuity.  A new
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    they will tell you that while grades and scores are important, it ... spirit is collaboration and cooperation; you can see it all over the ... are very common. MIT is known for its interdisciplinary research
  • Discover / Learn more

    Newsletters

    [intro]Would you like to hear from us every once in a while?[/intro] Then you should sign up for our MIT Admissions monthly newsletter (prospective undergraduates only please). It's from us(!), and contains

  • Online info sessions

    ="https://mitadmissions.org/explore-on-your-own/"]Get exploring![/button_link] Ask a student Have questions about what it’s like to
  • Afford / Cost & affordability

    Estimate your cost

    [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost calculators.[/intro] MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator The Quick ... basic questions about your family's financial situation, so it might be
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    better place. It can be tricky to sum up all that you’re passionate about ... the context of your life.  It’s important to think of any college ... . It’s as if we’re choosing a 1,100-person team to climb a very